Tools for thinking : modelling in management science
by
 
Pidd, Michael.

Title
Tools for thinking : modelling in management science

Author
Pidd, Michael.

ISBN
9780470721421

Personal Author
Pidd, Michael.

Edition
3rd ed.

Publication Information
Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2009.

Physical Description
x, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents
Models as convenient worlds -- Management science : making sense of strategic vision -- Problems, problems -- Some principles of modelling -- Soft systems methodology -- Cognitive mapping, SODA and journey-making -- System dynamics -- Decision analysis -- Optimization modelling : linear programming -- Computer simulation : visual interactive modelling and Monte Carlo simulation -- Heuristic search -- Model assessment and validation.

Subject Term
Problem solving -- Simulation methods.
 
Management science -- Simulation methods.
 
Decision making -- Simulation methods.


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